Milk-stand



Z. SANDERS.

Milk stand.A

Patented oct. 31, 1865.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ZENAS SANDERS, OF WEST WINDSOR, VERMONT.

MILK-STAND.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,736, dated October31, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZENAs SANDERS, of West Windsor, in the count-y ofWindsor and State of Vermont, have invented an Improved Rotary Stand forMilk or Cream Pans; and I do hereby declare the same to be fullydescribed in the following specification and represented t in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure l is au elevation, Fig. 2 alongitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a transverse section, of it.

In setting pans ot' milk to obtain cream to the best advantage it hasbeen found that a free circulation of air against the under side orbottom surface of each pan greatly promotes the deposit of the cream onthe milk.

My improved stand is constructed with ref'- erence to this discovery,and in carrying it out or constructing such stand I make use of a post,A, which I prefer to have square in its transverse section, and apply toeach of the sides of such post a series of slats or bars, B B O O', thetwo bars of each pair, and which are on opposite sides of the post,being on a level with each other when the said post is in a verticalposition. Each pair ot' such bars crosses at right angles another pairof them placed ou the other two sides of the post, and they projectbeyond the latter pan Jr'ar enough to receive and support a milk pan ordish when laid on them. Furthermore, I apply to the lower end ot' thepost a pintle, a, to enter a round step or bearing, which may be eithermade in or fixed to a iioor of a dairy or apartment for containing thestand. The upper part of the post I construct tubular or with along boreor socket, b, arranged in line of the axis of the post. Vithin this boreI place a sliding bar, c, terminating at its outer end in a journal, c',and being provided with a series of holes, d d d, extending transverselythrough it at equal distances apart. The object of such holes is toenable the slider c to be supported at any desirable elevation withinthe range of its movements by a pin passed through some one or more ofthe holes and resting ou the top of the post A.

Each set of the bars, or all those situated on either side of the post,is supported in place by means of an upright board, F, having notches orrecesses for the reception ot' such bars, such board being arrangedagainst one side of the post A in manner as represented. Furthea more,each ot' such boards has three or any other suitable number of tenons orpins, h h h, projecting from its inner side atan acute angle therewith.These tenons or pins enter corresponding recesses or 1nortises,fzr',made in the post. The arrangement ot' the pins and mortises at an acuteangle with the contiguous faces of the board and post in manner asexhibited in Fig. 2 serves to enable the boards to retain theirpositions against the post by the action ot' their Weight and the weightot' whatever may be placed on their cross slats or bars.

A circular or other proper shaped disk or platform or curtain-supporter,G, is placed ou the top ot' the post A, and with the slider@ goingthrough a hole made at the central part ot' such board. From the edge orcircumference of such board a gauze curtain, H, is to be suspended, itbeing made so as to encompass the entire stand and rest on the door. Thetwo vertical edges ot' the curtain may be lapped on each other, so as tobe capable of being secured together by pins or other proper means. Thiscurtain is to protect the stand and the milk pans from tlies or otherinjurious insects or animals.

By the above mode of constructing the milkstand it may be readily set upin a dairy or apartment and taken down or removed therefrom, as occasionmay require, the upperjournal being provided with a step or bearing forits reception arranged in the ceiling of the apartment; and,furthermore, the stand may be revolved in order to enable a person tosupply it with milk-pans or remove such from it,

as circumstances may require.

l. The combination of the notched board E and its inclined pins with itscross-bars and the post A, provided with holes or recesses for receptionof such pins, in manner as specified.

2. The combination of the supporter Gwith the milk stand, madesubstantially as described, such supporter being for sustaining acurtain, H, about the pans, as set forth.

ZENAS SANDERS.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

